---
title: "VENUS WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45d16e66-9faf-5bf2-9ed8-52a0dca57e58
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/45d16e66-9faf-5bf2-9ed8-52a0dca57e58
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05689256
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# VENUS WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05689256`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45d16e66-9faf-5bf2-9ed8-52a0dca57e58  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/45d16e66-9faf-5bf2-9ed8-52a0dca57e58  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **VENUS WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:2138005Y9TK115TCD940` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/08d854a8-7d2c-5c6e-93f1-ee9793392461

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BOOKER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b8e6bb36-8cf7-5e0a-80d1-5bd35aad5e0b
- **Mr Pantelis Christoforou** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a278a02f-4039-5b96-8589-774562673ebf
- **BOOKER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b8e6bb36-8cf7-5e0a-80d1-5bd35aad5e0b
- **Mr Pantelis Christoforou** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/63776922-083e-4383-87cb-67bfcc7b91c3

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **16-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `05689256`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2006-01-27
- **Registered office:** Equity House, Irthlingborough Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 1LT, England
- **SIC:** 46342

### Officers

- BANDEV, Veselin — director · British · appointed 2024-06-04
- GALLAGHER, Sheila Mary — director · British · appointed 2025-07-04
- HYSLOP, Stuart James — director · British · appointed 2025-11-06
- JEWSBURY, Neil — director · British · appointed 2025-07-04
- YAXLEY, Andrew David — director · British · appointed 2024-06-04
- GEORGHIOU, Georgios — secretary · appointed 2013-05-07 · resigned 2018-03-31
- PAPALOIZOU, Christos Kyrillos Ioannou — secretary · British · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2013-05-07
- TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2006-01-27
- ALBA, Chris — director · British · appointed 2007-07-11 · resigned 2013-02-14
- CHRISTOFOROU, Pantelis — director · British · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2024-06-04
- CHRYSOSTOMOU, Andreas — director · British · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2010-11-10
- DOREY, Michelle — director · British · appointed 2019-11-05 · resigned 2025-07-11
- GEORGHIOU, Georgios — director · British · appointed 2013-05-07 · resigned 2018-03-31
- MICHAEL, Kerry — director · British · appointed 2014-02-28 · resigned 2024-06-04
- MICHAELIDES, Lakis — director · British · appointed 2018-05-21 · resigned 2024-06-04
- MICHAELIDES, Lakis — director · British · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2013-05-07
- PAPALOIZOU, Christos Kyrillos Ioannou — director · British · appointed 2018-05-21 · resigned 2024-06-04
- PAPALOIZOU, Christos Kyrillos Ioannou — director · British · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2013-05-07
- COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2006-01-27
- TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2006-01-27

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Booker Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b8e6bb36-8cf7-5e0a-80d1-5bd35aad5e0b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2024-06-04
- Mr Pantelis Christoforou — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2024-06-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05689256
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05689256

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **VENUS WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS PLC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45d16e66-9faf-5bf2-9ed8-52a0dca57e58 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **VENUS WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45d16e66-9faf-5bf2-9ed8-52a0dca57e58 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/45d16e66-9faf-5bf2-9ed8-52a0dca57e58._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._